Schiavone moves into 2nd round of Jiangxi Open

France's Kristina Mladenovic reacts as she plays Italy's Francesca Schiavone during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Alastair Grant

August 02, 2016

NANCHANG, China (AP) Third-seeded Francesca Schiavone defeated Yang Zhaoxuan 6-0, 6-4 in the first round of Jiangxi Open on Tuesday.

Former French Open champion Schiavone needed just over an hour to beat her Chinese opponent and set up a second round match against another local player, Lu Jiajing.

Lu came from behind to beat Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.

Three other Chinese players - Zhu Lin, Liu Fangzhou and Zhang Ying - also recorded victories and moved into the second round.

In other first round matches, sixth-seeded American Vania King beat Australian qualifier Storm Sanders 6-4, 6-2, while Miyu Kato of Japan came back after losing the first set to beat Urszula Radwanska of Poland 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

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